Justin Covelli
Jan 22, 2011
Justin David Covelli, 37, died Saturday, January 22, 2011, after a short illness at the Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, CO. He was born June 2, 1973, in Brush, to Barry & Michelle Covelli. Justin graduated from Weldona High School in 1991 and University of Northern Colorado in 1995. At the time of his death Justin was manager...
Grace Nielson
Jan 21, 2011
Grace Nielsen, 91, passed away on January 21, 2011 in Brush, CO, where she lived with her daughter, Grace Jones. She was born on February 14, 1919, the daughter of Elizabeth and John Walker, in Staten Island, NY and was one of nine children. Grace married Vincent Reagan and they had eight children together. She worked at Willowbrook State School...
Betty A. Vondy
Jan 21, 2011
Betty A. Vondy, 62, passed away suddenly at her home near Snyder on Friday, January 21, 2011. She was born April 23, 1948, in Florida to Robert & Mary Folsom. Betty married Chuck Vondy on April 5, 1980 in Antelope Springs. They have lived in Morgan County since 1984. Betty worked as the manager of Duckwall's in Brush for many...
Gerald "Jerry" Ostwald
Jan 20, 2011
Gerald "Jerry" Ostwald, 67, longtime Ft. Morgan resident died early Thursday morning at the North Colorado Medical Center Hospice Unit following a lengthy battle with Leukemia. He was born March 30, 1943 in Ft. Morgan to Reinhold and Nellie Ostwald. He joined the United States Army serving in Germany. Jerry married Gloria Schott November 28th 1965 in Ft. Morgan. They...
Thomas James Marsh
Jan 16, 2011
THOMAS JAMES MARSH, 60, longtime Fort Morgan resident, died Sunday afternoon, January 16, 2011 at East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. He was born September 24, 1950 in North Platte, NE to Donald & Fern (Muirhead) Marsh. He married Dani Sue Bailey on March 1, 1975 in North Platte. They moved to Fort Morgan from Nebraska in 1982. Tom was...
Raymond Sander Sietsema
Jan 12, 2011
Raymond S. Sietsema, 99, longtime area resident, died Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan. He was born June 22, 1911 in Iowa to Herman and Emma (Ludeman) Sietsema. Raymond met his first wife, Maisie Stirling, while he was stationed overseas during WWII. They were married on June 1, 1944 in Edinburgh, Scotland....
Matthew Wayne Kitzman
Jan 10, 2011
MATTHEW WAYNE KITZMAN, 25, of Fort Morgan, passed away January 10, 2011 at his college home in Fort Collins after a short illness. He was born November 29, 1985 in Greeley, CO to Edward & Dorothy (Graves) Kitzman. He attended Wiggins schools and was active in FFA and FBLA while in high school. Matthew was passionate about showing cattle and...
Margaret Wilde
Jan 8, 2011
Margaret Faye Wilde, 78, of Weldona, died Saturday morning at her home in Weldona. She was born February 9, 1932 in Orchard to Bert and Velma Wright. She married Robert Wilde October 4, 1951. in Newmarket, England. They traveled the world with Roberts work before they settled in Weldona to be close to her home town. She was a cook...
Helen Virginia Kauffman
Jan 8, 2011
Helen Virginia Kauffman, 82, lifelong Brush resident, died Saturday, January 8, 2011 at her home in Brush. Mrs. Kauffman was born August 15, 1928 in Brighton, CO to Henry and Anna (French) Brening. At the age of 2 ½ the family moved to Brush where she has lived all of her life. She graduated from Brush High School. Helen married...
Mary Ruth Gonzalez
Jan 7, 2011
Mary Ruth Gonzalez, 53, longtime Fort Morgan resident, died Friday night, January 7, 2011 at Valley View Villa Care Center in Fort Morgan. Mary was born September 3, 1957 to James and Betty (Reed) Emmitt in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Mary enjoyed quilting, crocheting, camping, fishing and hunting. She was also a member of the American Legion Auxiliary Post 19 in...
Clifford D. Causey
Jan 4, 2011
Clifford D. Causey, 88, longtime area resident, died Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at the Valley View Villa Care Center in Ft. Morgan. He was born March 16, 1922 in Simpson, Colorado to Sidney and Grace (Bolt) Causey. Clifford married Beverly Schmidlap on November 20, 1939 in Sidney, Nebraska. In 1915 the Causey family homesteaded the place Clifford and Beverly made...
Doris Jean Labrayere
Jan 1, 2011
DORIS "DODIE" LABRAYERE, 82, of Fort Morgan, died early Saturday morning, January 1, 2011 at Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan. She was born March 28, 1928 in Central City, KY to Delbert & Katherine (Nalley) Newcom. She married Vernon F. LaBrayere in Kansas City, MO on November 8, 1946. Mrs. LaBrayere worked as a lab foreman for Western...
Dorothy W. Shepperd
Dec 29, 2010
Dorothy W. Shepperd of Fort Morgan, Colorado, passed away at the hospital in Eureka Springs, Arkansas on December 29, 2010 at the age of 93 years. She was born outside of Gothenburg, Nebraska on a cattle ranch on July 11, 1917. Dorothy grew up with her parents (Theron and Grace), three older brothers (Harlan, Raymond and Ivan) and two younger...
Joyce Friehauf
Dec 27, 2010
Joyce Friehauf, 59, Life long Brush area resident died Monday afternoon at the Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, after suffering a stroke. She was born January 3, 1951 in Brush to Euel and Lois Morgan. She married Duane Friehauf May 29, 1970 in Brush. They lived in Wichita, KS for three years and then in Greeley for two years before...
Opal Maxine Griffith
Dec 26, 2010
OPAL MAXINE GRIFFITH, 91, former Fort Morgan resident, passed away Sunday, December 26, 2010, in the inpatient hospice unit at North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, CO. She was born October 1, 1919, near Page Center, Iowa, to Charles & Edna (Tompkins) Dugan. Opal grew up in the Page Center community and attended school and church in College Springs, Iowa....
Steven James Lebsock
Dec 22, 2010
STEVEN LEBSOCK, 53, died Wednesday, December 22, 2010 as a result of injuries he sustained in a two vehicle accident near Hudson, Colorado. He was born May 26, 1957, in Fort Morgan, to Willard & Shirley Lebsock. Steve married Barbara Rehkop on October 1, 1983, in Fort Morgan. Together, Steve & Barbara farmed for nearly 20 years. At the age...
Brian Segelke
Dec 21, 2010
Brian Segelke, 61, of Denver, died Monday, December 21, 2010, at his home. Born in Fort Morgan, Colorado, he was the son of Virgil and Eileen Segelke. He was raised in Wiggins, CO, graduated from UNC in Greeley, CO, and was an art teacher in Santa Maria, CA, and later in Ault, CO. Surviving are his brother, Gary, and his...
Lillian Mae Koll
Dec 20, 2010
Lillian Mae Koll, 83, longtime area resident, died Monday, December 20, 2010 at the North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley. She was born June 17, 1927 in Galveston, Texas to George and Bess (Hasselmeier) Baker. Lillian was a member of the Christ Congregational Church for over 25 years but had been attending of Rankin Presbyterian Church in Brush of late....
Eldon Petrashek
Dec 18, 2010
Eldon "Pete" Petrashek, 80, passed away suddenly Saturday, December 18, 2010, in the emergency room at the East Morgan County Hospital in Brush. He was born November 11, 1930, in Table Rock, NE, to Frank & Fredrica Petrashek. Pete graduated from Table Rock High School in 1948, He served in the US Army. After his discharge, Pete worked for Burlington...
Jeremy Matthew Young
Dec 16, 2010
JEREMY MATTHEW YOUNG, 24, longtime area resident, died Thursday morning, December 16, 2010 in Brush. He was born March 15, 1986 in Kimball, NE to David & Teresa (Carey) Young. He joined the U.S. Army on September 19, 2006. He was currently in active duty and recently returned home after serving in Iraq from April of 2009 to March of...
